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12 Nisan 2010

Turkey's gays, transsexuals decry increasing homophobia

Apr 3, 2010
AFP

When Turkey's family affairs minister recently described homosexuality as a curable disease, she was roundly criticized for discrimination and flouting human rights.
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12 Nisan 2010

Gay refugees flee to Turkey, seeking freedom

Washington Post
April 3, 2010

Freedom is relative. But for a 34-year-old refugee named Hassan, mother hen to a gaggle of gay Iranians fleeing a nation where their sexuality is punishable by death, relatively secular Turkey is one step closer to a life less shackled.

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12 Nisan 2010

No Significant Progress in Murder Case of Ahmet Yildiz

April 2, 2010
Bianet News Center

In the murder case of homosexual Ahmet Yildiz, the court continues the search for prime suspect and father of the victim Yahya Yildiz and Orhan Aymelek, owner of a car rental. By a directive of the president judge, the audience in front of the court house was not allowed inside.
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12 Nisan 2010

Transsexuals call for improved rights

March 29, 2010
Hurriyet Daily News

A lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, association in the western province of Bursa has called on the government to start an initiative to institutionally secure the rights of members of this marginalized group.
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